The DA took the fight into its strongholds and the ruling party’s supporters stayed away.
“Two arrested with over 80 000 ballot papers already marked as ANC votes,” African News Updates’ headline read on Monday.
The Afrikaner enclave held its own election this week, buoyed by a vision of growth and prosperity.
The upstart who could be the kingmaker is in big demand, but coalitions present serious problems.
Voting was going almost universally well throughout the country, the Independent Electoral Commission said.
An accidental meme and chance photo opp upstaged the Democratic Alliance’s slick drive for votes on the final leg of the election campaign.
The DA had a plan, in case things went badly wrong during its crescendo rally in Soweto on Saturday. That plan was Prestik. Lots and lots of Prestik.
The leader of the opposition party urges crowd at Dobsonville to refrain from casting loyalty votes for the ANC.
A gargantuan house adjoining the family compound is attracting ire from neighbours, who want it demolished.
Though typically uninvolved in domestic affairs of other states, South Africa may soon have to do just that.